website is getting better and added capacity by doubling the number of servers. but the website crashed again yesterday and is now offline every night from 1:00 to 5:00 a.m. at an organized -- at an organizing for action event last night, president obama made an election day analogy. >> i have run my last political campaign. but i'll tell you what, i've got one more campaign in me. the campaign to make sure that this law works for every single person in america. >> let me bring in our company. liz sidoti is the national politics editor, alex burns, senior political editor for politico. good morning. >> good morning, chris. >> we're going to keep our eye on this live hearing today, and it's also election day. liz, the president said himself this is going to be his last campaign, selling the health care law. how's he doing so far? >> well, i think he's having incredible difficulty in doing that. i mean his message was fairly strong heading into this as he

pivoted off the campaign, but that's all been undermined by problems with the system and also a disconnect between the rhetoric that he said on the campaign trail versus what's actually happening now as folks are watching the impact of the new health care law on their own policies, their existing policies, and we're seeing cancellations come all over the place. >> and it's -- a lot of talk has been about the messaging. reed epstein, alex, your colleague, has an interesting piece in politico today that says obama's aca message evolves again. we know republicans were hitting him for the line if you like your health care, you can keep it. here's how he was modifying that yesterday, last night. >> now, if you have or had one of these plans before the affordable care act came into law and you really liked that plan, what we said was you could keep it. if it hasn't changed since the law has passed.

people were getting oftentimes a very bad deal. and as a consequence, what you had was americans who would be dropped from coverage, exposed to massive double-digit premium increases or most frequently they would just be denied access altogether. >> alex, do you think that's going to be understandable, because the republicans are not there and they are screaming that the president lied. >> well, chris, i think that not a lot of people find exactly what the president just said to be terribly convincing. i think we can all remember times where he just flatly said if you like your doctor, you can keep him. if you like your plan, you can keep it. but i think even more importantly looking ahead over the next year, what the president is now saying really raises the stakes for the performance of this law. if his argument is, look, when i said you could keep your plan, that may not literally, narrowly, technically be true but you're going to like what you get instead, that means people have to like what they

get instead. >> i was talking to somebody the other day, liz, who has been out there pushing health care for the administration and who talked about the frustration within the white house and i think we saw maybe a little of that with jay carney in the briefing room yesterday. let me play that. >> john, i get it. but the person who calls isn't the one who continues to wait after the paper application is filled. >> when you get to the point, liz, when you're mocking a well respected member of the press corps, is that a moment that shows how frustrated members of the administration are with this whole thing? >> look, i think this is what we've seen throughout this entire administration. you know, back from 2009 is the inability to connect what the comments were during the campaign and the act of campaigning where it's all sound bites with the realities of governing. and those are two very different things and the complexities are governing are now conflicting

with the comments that were made during the campaign. so i think that's been very frustrating. this is an administration -- i'm sorry, this is an obama campaign world that understands how to win elections, and i think what they really struggled to do is communicate as they have governed. >> i want to bring in congressman jim moran, a democrat from virginia. good to see you, congressman. with the governor's race in your state of virginia, ken cuccinelli and his surrogates have been talking a lot about obama care, especially in the closing hours and i just want to play a little bit of that for you. >> and i know that tomorrow night the people of virginia will send a clear message to our country and to the democratic party. we don't want obama care. we don't want more big government. >> i'm scared to death of what obama care is doing to virginians. terry mcauliffe is scared to death of what obama care is doing to terry mcauliffe. and tomorrow, we need to make his fears come true.

>> now, obviously if cuccinelli wins, it would be a huge upset in your state. the polls certainly indicate that this is going to be a win for terry mcauliffe, but is this a win for politicians across the country? >> well, it depends. if they're clear, like terry has been, that he supports the affordable care act, in fact he's going to enfranchise 400,000 people onto the medicaid rolls if he's elected who would not get health insurance if cuccinelli is elected, and of course terry brought president obama in sunday. so he's not running away from the affordable care act. and the president was very clear. so i agree with marco rubio for general send a very clear message to the country but i think it's a very different message than what he anticipates. >> back in 2010 republicans picked up 63 seats after the health care vote. are you concerned that this will be a huge issue for the 2014 mid-terms and are you concerned about whether or not they get

this rollout straightened out? >> if they don't get the rollout straightened out, i do think it's going to be a problem. but you've also got a republican party who shut down the government, who in some way inconvenienced everyone in the country and in many ways people suffered from that shutdown, and i think this is something that can be fixed, because the democrats are going to improve the health care. most of these three and a half million people who got cancellation notices will get better. more comprehensive health coverage. and in many cases, it's going to be less expensive. if we can match the online capacity with the opportunities that are there for most of those folks, by 2014 they're going to be very appreciative of the affordable care act.

there are glitches now as there were with medicare part d. we'll get over those glitches because they're fixable, because we want to fix them. many of the republicans didn't want to fix government, they wanted to shut down government. you know, presidents sometimes engage in a little hyperboley. you remember president bush years ago announcing mission accomplished with the iraq war years before we pulled out and finally last year. i think in retrospect he might have preferred a little more nuance out of what he had to say. >> democrats made a lot of hay with that one and they have up until now. are you suggesting the president wishes he had said things differently and would take it back if he could? >> you know, we're all human. i think the president is rightfully excited about the affordable care act. i think it is going to be a very positive accomplishment in his legacy. and i think most americans are going to be much more pleased with it than the part d medicare prescription drug coverage.

it's just going to take some time. there have been some bumps in the road. with medicare, there were a lot of bumps in the road. it took years to take care of those bumps, but, you know, even the most ardent tea partiers have signs they're holding up saying keep the government's hands off my medicare. that was a struggle, it was worth it. the affordable care acts is a struggle but it's going to be worth it. >> beyond obama care do you think there are going to be other messages or useful instructions coming out of virginia. i know you have campaigned with terry mcauliffe. he has taken a page off the obama playbook. he's got tremendous appeal with women. i think he's up more than 20 points. he's been appealing to latinos. what are you going to be looking for when the results come in? >> thank you for asking that, chris. for one thing terry mcauliffe has not run away from the gun issue. normally that's an issue that's very sensitive in virginia.

but he said he's entirely for the assault weapons ban reinstating -- closing the gun show loophole, et cetera. he's also campaigned for cleaner air and water, supporting environmental regulations, even in southwest virginia where people think there's a war on coal going on. he's taken on that issue and embraced it. he obviously is in favor of things like enda and equal rights for everyone. he certainly is strongly on the side of women being able to protect their reproductive rights. there's an enormous contrast between these two tickets. terry mcauliffe is elected, i think it sends a signal in any number of ways that you can be a progressive candidate in a purple state like virginia and win. and that's good for the whole country. >> congressman jim moran, it's

good to have you on the program. >> great to be with you, chris. thank you. liz, i want to go back to that obama care argument that cuccinelli has been using. republicans are already jumping on this. we've seen in kentucky they're using it in ads against ellison grimes. let me play that for you. >> if you like your private health insurance plan, you can keep your plan. >> obama knew all along that wasn't true. and how about obama supporter allison grimes. her credibility is burned too. when liberals don't tell the truth, kentucky gets burned. >> liz, what's your sense of this? how big is this going to be in 2014? >> i think it's going to probably shape the entire election. obviously the big question mark is where's the economy going to be next year and whether or not the health care law is going to be a trdrag on the economy or n. i think that's the macro theme we'll see play out. the fact of the matter is, no matter who you are -- health

care is something that affects everybody. and no matter who you have your plan with, you have your plan with your employer, if you've purchased your own plan, those plans are changing. we're even seeing it through the employer-sponsored plans, because what the health care law has done is, you know, dramatically changed the entire system. so now employers are having to deal with the new rules and the new laws around those requirements that they have to make for their employees. and because of that, you know, we're starting to see the impact trickle down to even people with employer-sponsored plans. people vote on how they feel at a given time. and if something is impacting them. and so i think health care is something that impacts everybody and it very well could be something that folks vote on because it affects them. now, it still is a year away, so a lot can happen in a year. but at this point i'd say it's going to shape the election. >> so let's bring it back to today, to 2013. alex, if we see terry mcauliffe

beat ken cuccinelli, which people expect, what does that say? some people are saying it's a victory for the clinton wing of the party. you just heard what the congressman had to say, that this shows a progressive can win in a purple state like virginia. what's your takeaway? >> chris, i think the most important thing we'll learn out of this election is just how much virginia has shifted as a state over the last couple of years. it used to be for a democratic candidate to win the governor's office, particularly if they were also holding the white house, that was very, very difficult and you had to thread the needle the way mark warner and tim kaine did not that long ago. terry mcauliffe is a very flawed candidate, as his allies even in the democratic party, will acknowledge. for him to win and possibly win somewhat convincingly and possibly to have a democratic sweep of the statewide offices, that would really be a sign of the state moving maybe not just to swing state status but maybe even slightly to lean democrat

status or at least it would be a sign that republicans really need to think seriously about how they're going to compete in statewide elections if they're going to get back in the game in some of these offices, even for lieutenant governor an attorney general. i think linkage to the health care law is a little more tenuous. maybe it's not a silver bullet for a candidate like cuccinelli, but it's not as if terry mcauliffe staked his entire campaign on staunch support for every provision of the affordable care act. >> alex, liz, thanks. this morning we're getting our first look at the man who opened fire inside one of the country's large's malls. richard shoop bend to the garden state in new jersey and started shooting. he didn't hit anyone, but the scene was terrifying. >> when he walked past our store, he looked directly in the store and strolled past. >> he just walked past and waved at me with his ak-47. i'm just like, wow, god is with

me because he could have shot me right there. >> we went in, got into the bathroom, locked the door and sat there over three hours waiting because they said don't come out, don't make any noises. >> investigators say shoop then shot and killed himself. hours later police found his body in an area of the mall under construction. investigators say he stole the gun from his brother and left a suicide note at home, but no details on what it said. and we continue to monitor this morning's senate hearing on the affordable care act rollout with marilyn tavenner. we just heard senator alexander starting his statement. we'll have more throughout the program. we'll be right back. step two, baconated cheese for awesome. step three, get ready to wow. step four... mmmmm. ♪ [ male announcer ] pillsbury crescents. make the holidays pop.

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marilyn tavenner is the head of the centers for medicare and medicaid services. now, she since the last time she testified, which was before a house hearing, healthcare.gov was taken down daily for overnight maintenance. she's going to get quizzed a lot on that. we expect also on the president's statement that if you like your insurance, you can keep it. we're keeping our ear to the testimony by marilyn tavenner and will have much more for you coming up. meantime a key question not on today's ballot this election day. will voting get even more difficult with voter i.d. laws going into effect? in 2012 people stood in line for hours trying to cast their ballots. in some states closing hours had to be extended. and right now all eyes are on wisconsin, where a federal trial is under way. the first trial to challenge strict voter i.d. requirements since the supreme court struck down part of the law in june. lorraine miller is the first female president and ceo of the naacp. good to see you, good morning. >> good morning.

>> 34 states have now passed some sort of voter i.d. law, which i think probably is surprising to a lot of people. the justice department is suing both texas and north carolina over their laws. i know that you have not been involved, the naacp has not been involved in these lawsuits, but where do you put this on the priority list? >> very high. civic engagement is a major, major event for us and we have encouraged our units, we have 1200 units around the country, to be involved and to get our folks to turn out to vote. that is absolutely one of the key mantras of the naacp and we will continue to do our work on that. >> there are a lot of other priorities that are in the news now. we've seen those alleged cases of racial profiling recently in new york. two african-americans allegedly profiled after buying expensive items at barneys.

there have been other complaints filed against macy's. talk a little bit about this and where you think this topic not just in retail but generally the whole idea of racial profiling stands now, and what you need to do to move it in a better direction. >> well, we're looking at our local communities. of course we've been very, very active in new york with the stop and frisk. we believe strongly that people should be safe in their communities and that we are encouraging law enforcement, just because you happen to be lbgt or for some racial reason or religious preference, that that doesn't give you reasonable suspicions and that the law enforcement agencies should be very conscious of what they're doing and as they profile people in their enforcement duties. but for us, politics is local

and we look to further engage people in our local communities and find local solutions to problems. having said that, even today in florida, marsha ellison, who is the president of our broward county branch and the state conference president are signing an agreement with the broward county schools and with the judges and a lot of the law enforcement agencies there in broward county to stop the school-to-prison pipeline that has existed, so kids that would be disciplined for minor offenses at school are not arrested and have the stigma of a police record. so we're working with local communities to make sure that we

stop and stem the racial profiling, but do some constructive things to make people involved. and all of that gets to civic engagement. people must be engaged. >> let me ask you about something else that obviously got a lot of people engaged all around the country that also happened in florida and that, of course, was the trayvon martin case, a lot of emotion around that. just yesterday the attorney general, eric holder, said the justice department is still looking into the possibility of filing federal charges against george zimmerman, although he was acquitted on state charges. let me play part of that. >> the investigation or the inquiry, the review that we are doing is still under way. i'm not sure exactly how much longer that will take, but when we get to a point where we are able to make a determination, we've tried to construct the case in such a way that we'll be able to share as much information, not just make an announcement but to share as

much information as we can with regard to that determination. >> what do you think the chances are that federal civil rights charges could be filed and how important is that? >> i really don't know. i don't know -- what i do know, though, is that there is a lot of concern out there. we had a young man who lost his life and is there no -- there's no repercussions for that? and mr. zimmerman literally has gone free. i mean do we -- is this a vigilante society? i don't think so. so there has to be some accountability and we're leaving it to the justice department to do what they can to make sure everyone is held accountable for that. >> lorraine miller, interim president and ceo of the naacp. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you for having me. nbc news has obtained

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teammate jonathan martin, including using racial epithets. he left voice mails threatening to kill martin. we won't read you the text but you can see the level of harassment. martin left the team after incognito and others taunted him repeatedly. the dolphins have asked the nfl to investigate and their coach is promising to take action. >> i will tell you that if the review shows that this is not a safe atmosphere, i will take whatever measures are necessary to ensure that it is. >> now, the players association just released this statement. quote, we expect that the nfl and its clubs create a safe and professional workplace for all players, that owners, executives, coaches and players should set the best standards and examples. it is the duty of this union to hold the clubs and teams accountable for safety and professionalism in the workplace. as the representative organization of all players, the nflpa will insist on a fair investigation for all involved. i'm joined now by leah lagos, a

sports psychologist. thanks for coming in, good to see you. you don't think when you hear bullying of 350-pound football players being the victims, but martin says this harassment has been going on at least a year, year and a half. what do we know about bullying and sports and is it generally age-limited? >> bullying commonly occurs amongst rookie players. we know that it's been long a part of the football culture but that doesn't mean that teasing and taunting doesn't cause these men psychological distress. >> well, we're talking about things like freshmen hazing, and we've seen examples over the last days of rookies being forced to pick unexorbitant dinner tabs that the veterans will go in and order 1500, $2,000 bottles of wine. they say it's been camaraderie and they say it's about building a team. what do you say? >> i say this is more performance inhibiting than performance motivating. if these things are happening in a social context, lunchrooms,

locker rooms, out to dinner, they're socially alienating particular players and then they're expected to go back on the field and have a great performance. that great performance becomes less and less likely as they become more alienated by teams. >> you know, it's interesting, this statement from the nfl players association. they say that they're going to insist on a fair investigation for all involved and people say there are two sides to this story and we're already hearing it, particularly from some other nfl players and former nfl players. in spite of the fact that incognito has a history of bad behavior, he was once named the nfl's dirtiest player. and then we've seen all these threatening e-mails that have surfaced. there are people who are saying, you know, it's kind of like boys will be boys. take a listen to this. >> 99% of the people in society wouldn't last a practice in the nfl. it's not. the people, the men in the nfl are a different animal, a different kind of person. they're both offensive linemen.

the amount of time they spend together, essentially they're brothers. and you know the stuff that happens inside a family is the stuff that happens inside of a family. you can't take what happens in a family and expect it to meet societal criteria. it doesn't work like that. >> i don't know what to extrapolate out of that. some people might say that means that if your husband beats you, that's all in the family. i'm not exactly sure what that is. but do you think that there is some legitimacy to what he had to say? >> two sides. one, we have to look at is this impairing the health and the safety of particular individuals? because that crosses the line towards abuse. and the second is team accountability. if this is a family, then what are the standards within this family, the norms for identifying and reporting risk behaviors, such as abuse on the team? >> do you think there's a bigger picture here when we see these high profile things that it does send a message that goes far beyond locker rooms, far beyond

sports? could bullying become as unacceptable as drunk driving is? >> yes, but i also believe that the standards need to be set between the team. set by team captains, discussed by the head coaches and that there is a specific kind of communication strategy here that can be used to enhance the care on the team. >> leah lagos, sports psychologist, thanks for coming in. >> my pleasure. checking the news feed this morning, more information out about paul ciancia, the man police say opened fire at l.a.x. killing a tsa agent. investigators say he moved to california only 18 months ago and bought three guns. his roommate dropped him off at the airport on friday, but had no idea what was about to happen. police say he walked inside the terminal, in terminal three with an assault rifle, plenty of ammunition and a signed letter saying he wanted to kill as many tsa officers as possible. he is still in critical condition, unable to communicate. another surprising first

from pope francis. the vatican plans to ask catholics what they think about sensitive issues like contraception, same-sex marriage and divorce. bishops around the world will conduct a poll ahead of a key vatican meeting on the family next october. other questions cover the possibility of divorced catholics remarrying or receiving communion and the number of young people who live together before marriage. not what you might expect from michelle pfeiffer. she told a london magazine that she was part of a cult as a young actress in hollywood. she said she had gotten in with a very controlling couple that believed in breatharianism. the belief that it's possible to exist only on sunlight and air, no food or water. her first husband helped her to leave. "the new york times" put it this way, the odds of something or someone living in the far reaches of the galaxy vastly improved on monday. nasa says there could be as many as 40 billion habitable planets on earth in the milky way and on

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there have been some really tough questions for the medicare chief coming from democrats at the senate hearing we've been watching. listen to this from barbara mikulski just moments ago. >> i worry about is that there's such a crisis of confidence, people won't enroll and the very people we need to enroll, particularly our young people to make this whole system work won't happen. as you know, the people who are the most desperate -- >> joining me now, florida congresswoman and dnc chair debbie waus wasserman schultz. good morning. >> good morning, chris. >> do you think there is a crisis of confidence. the confidence to get this aca website up and running properly? >> no, actually, chris, quite the opposite. if you look at the polling, particularly over the last few weeks, since the affordable care

act exchanges came online, particularly after -- during and after the shutdown that was forced by the tea party republicans, americans' opinion of obama care has actually improved by several points. so while the republicans continue to embrace extremism and try to throw as many on stac -- on stacks in the way of americans getting affordable health care, there are going to be some bumps along the way but they fully embrace the idea everyone should have access to quality affordable health care and insurance companies shouldn't be able to drop you or deny you coverage for pre-existing issues. >> those are two issues, one is whether you support the idea of the aca at all and whether you think people should have affordable health care and we all know the record of the republicans to trying to make sure that it didn't happen or wasn't implemented and the other is getting the confidence in getting the website up and

running. and another thing barbara mikulski says i think the website is question confusing. it crashed again yesterday. it's been down nightly to make sure they can get the glitches done. there's been a promise made, as you know, that all of that will be fixed by the end of the month. how confident are you about that? >> i'm confident from the information that i get from the administration as a member of congress that the tech surge and the triage that is being done on that website is going to substantially, if not completely address the problems with the website by the end of november, and that has to be done. let's make sure that we separate the two issues here. the website needs to be fixed. no one is more upset about the problems that occurred than president obama, and he has personally weighed in and made sure that those website issues are going to get addressed. and let's separate that from whether or not americans believe that we should continue to fully

implement the affordable care act and its provisions, like making sure that you can access to preventive care without a co-pay or deductible. americans' embracing of obama care continue and numbers continue to improve despite the fact that republicans led by the tea party continue to try to do everything they can to stop it. even shutting the government down, risking default on our nation's debt, the republicans in spite of that are not able to change americans' opinion that health care is a right in this country and not a privilege. and you know what, i think today's election in virginia, which ken cuccinelli, the tea party republican nominee, has literally made an issue of that this is a referendum in virginia on whether or not virginians like obama care and want it to be implemented. he's said they should vote for terry mcauliffe if they do. or if they don't like it, they should vote for him. i think terry mcauliffe is clearly going to win today so that will be just another

example, an electoral example, just like last year's presidential election when president obama was re-elected overwhelmingly on whether or not americans believe they should implement the affordable care act. >> there's another issue and that's the president's keep your plan pledge. it has infuriated a lot of the 3% or so of americans who actually can't do that and frankly has upset a lot of other people who felt they were misled. and in a weekly address, republican senator marco rubio slammed the president among others who did for that keep your plan guarantee. let me play that. >> sure. >> this week we learned that not only is that not true and that people are in fact losing their health plans, but that president obama's administration has known this would happen for over three years. in essence obama care's passage was built on a foundation of lies and promises that simply can't be delivered. >> did the president congresswoman knowingly oversimplify this and provide an opening for opponents of the

aca. >> marco rubio has exactly zero credibility when it comes to whether or not americans should have access to quality affordable health care and whether or not obama care gets implemented. so i think most people just discount what he says because he's done everything he can to try to slow it down or stop it. at the end of the day, americans were not only -- the overwhelming majority of americans are already insured and what we're talking about is insurance companies who chose not to keep the plan that they could have grandfathered and they chose to change the plan that they were making available to people that they already insured in the individual market. at the end of the day, most of those people who are having their plans transitioned will have better benefits for lower costs. all they have to do is go on the exchange and shop around, which arguably needs to be easier than it is now. and they will be able to actually get better coverage for less. so, no, there was nothing about

what president obama or that i or any other democrat supporting the affordable care act said that was not true. and what is true is that the republicans continue to do everything they can to stop people from getting quality coverage and to allow companies to overcharge them for less coverage and to make their life hard. >> congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz, it's always good to have you on the program. thank you. today's tweet of the day comes from matt iglesias. has there ever been a more boring election day? christie, mcauliffe and de blasio will all win. no, extremely suspense i've and everyone needs to tune to to make sense of it all. you go, chris hayes. [ male announcer ] pillsbury grands biscuits.

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